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They were idiots :/

It's preposterous to spend 300k on an item that was in stores for 500 gold just because they thought they'd never see it again

I support the Church in their crusade against homosexuality, because it's within their rights to do so.

I support the college systems in their right to raise tuition fees, because it's within their rights to do so.

I support the government when they raise taxes, because it's within their rights to do so.

I support the FCC's editing and general slicing and dicing of entertainment media, because it's within their rights to do so.


Alternatively, I support racism, sexism, and cultural tea-bagging because it's within people's rights to do so.

Yes, Deja. I'm acting like I'm new. Now, pardon me while I go spam up the CB and hang out in rallies with all my little newbie friends. confused

And if the site is condescending towards what equates to their customer service department, then what do you suppose we do? If they're so unwilling to listen to us when there is a REAL issue, what point is there in protest?

At least we're trying, Deja. We're trying to be heard. It might be pointless, we might not be taken seriously, but at least we're willing to fight for the sensibility of a site that we've devoted time and effort to, some of us for years. Effort is all some of us have.

We don't have teams of lawyers; ********, we're BARELY organized! What can we really do beyond this? Throw a goddamn Hail Mary, that's what.

It's better than sitting on our hands, at least...

I'm not upset about the ban of tobacco related products, I'm upset at how they communicated it to us. First, there was no warning, I felt that was in poor judgement. Secondly the reasons they gave were nonsensical garbage. I'm a 25 year old adult. I deserve to be treated as such. Even if this site is pg-13 I can't imagine that a majority of the userbase is incapable of rational thought. You may not agree with it, but if it's presented in a logical manner I don't see the problem. They chose to tell us it was to save our e-lungs. That's insulting.

I don't know about you, but I've been watching a lot of these anti-ban threads pass by, and a vast number of them are by people I've never seen in Site Feedback before. They might be from GCD, which I'm less familiar with, but they're certainly not only SF regs. I was actually a little surprised by how many unfamiliar names I've seen posting here -- clearly this protest is going beyond one little forum.

That strikes me as a tad condescending. This forum is here for users to give the site feedback on their practices, and that's what this is. There is NO "Silent Majority" in this matter; yes, the SF and GCD has regulars, and yes, the few can be louder than the many at times, but that doesn't mean everything they say shouldn't be considered.

Oh, by the way? I've only set foot in this forum TWICE before this issue sprung up. People DO look at other forums, you know. We're not all as narrow-minded as you seem to want to believe.

You really think that will change the outcome? Look around you, Deja; there are few people who support this ban. What does it matter if they poll 100, 1,000... 10,000 users? (Which, by the way, is 10% of the population. Not 100.)
I would bet my life that the results would be similar, if not nearly identical.

Regardless of age, gender, preference, the majority of this site is against the ban, what is going to change with more polling?

Because it's a decent enough cross-section of the site's userbase to provide a compelling argument. You can't exactly expect to poll the entire site every time you want an opinion, can you?

Not with our resources, we can't. This is more information than the site has given us, doesn't that count for something?